Singapore fuel oil inventories fall to six-month low

* Largest net import volumes hail from the UAE and Brazil * Exports to China increase By Ashley Fang SINGAPORE, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Residual fuel oil stockpiles at key trading hub Singapore fell for a third consecutive week to a six-month low, official data showed on Thursday. Onshore fuel oil inventories fell 6% to 17.51 million barrels (2.76 million metric tons) in the week ended Nov. 15, data from Enterprise Singapore showed. Net imports, calculated by subtracting total exports from total imports, grew by close to three times week-on-week to 623,171 tons, based on the Enterprise Singapore data. Imports increased on a week-on-week basis, while exports experienced a decline. Most of Singapore's fuel oil imports in the week to Nov. 15 came from Brazil, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates, the data showed. Meanwhile, most of the exports were headed for China, Malaysia and Indonesia in the same week. Nov 15, Fuel oil Total Total Net Imports (in tonnes) Imports Exports AUSTRALIA 1 14,201 -14,200 BANGLADESH 0 15,059 -15,059 BRAZIL 173,334 0 173,334 BRUNEI 1 0 1 CAMBODIA 0 2 -2 CHINA 0 57,094 -57,094 HONG KONG 0 27 -27 INDONESIA 20,072 22,078 -2,005 JAPAN 87,147 0 87,147 KOREA, REP OF 0 0 0 KUWAIT 40,879 0 40,879 MALAYSIA 158,545 49,658 108,888 NORWAY 0 0 0 PHILIPPINES 0 17,731 -17,731 RUSSIA 66,696 0 66,696 TAIWAN 3,007 0 3,007 THAILAND 62,489 0 62,489 UNITED ARAB 199,886 0 199,886 EMIRATES UNITED STATES 0 0 0 VIET NAM 0 13,038 -13,038 TOTAL 812,058 188,887 623,171 (Data from Enterprise Singapore) (Reporting by Ashley Fang; Editing by Sohini Goswami)